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1) Adam Bede
Author
Series
Everyman's library ed. by Ernest Rhys. Fiction volume no. 27
Language
English
Description
"The story's plot follows four characters rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope---a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love triangle between beautiful but thoughtless Hetty Sorrel, Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her, Adam Bede, her unacknowledged lover, and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent Methodist lay preacher."--Amazon.com.
George Eliot's first full-length...
2) Adam Bede
Author
Series
Language
Deutsch
Description
Keine Ménage-à-trois steht im Mittelpunkt von George Eliots erstem Roman, sondern es sind gleich vier Personen, die in einen tragischen Liebesreigen verstrickt sind: Der bodenständige Zimmermann Adam Bede ist in die schöne, aber eigensüchtige Hetty Sorrel verliebt. Doch Hetty strebt nach Höherem als dem eintönigen Leben auf dem Land, und so verfällt sie dem jungen gutaussehenden Arthur Donnithorne, der eines Tages das Anwesen seines Großvaters...
3) Adam Bede
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Adam Bede, an honest, hard-working carpenter, has his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. Hetty wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm and she allows herself to be seduced by the heir to a local estate. She finds herself abandoned and pregnant from her ill-fated dalliance.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A Study Guide for George Eliot's "Adam Bede," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
Author
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Can reading Adam Bede and Middlemarch be justified in this time of climate change, financial meltdown and ineffective politicians? J. Hillis Miller shows how, to be read for today, they must be read slowly, closely and carefully, with much attention to linguistic detail and especially to figures of speech. By relating mistakes like Dorothea's about Casaubon to current affairs, Miller's 'readings for today' can help us to come to terms with our human,...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1940
Language
English
Description
The author, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her work was mostly set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.
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